We were up early this morning, enjoying our coffee when Steve opened the blinds to the start of another beautiful day. There were some clouds hanging around but nothing too menacing.
Not a bad sunrise.....

A couple from Quebec stopped by to check out our truck...they had a pretty cool RV as well...

We pulled out of the casino parking lot shortly after 9:30, made our way back to Hwy 101 and continued south.

Some pictures taken along our way...there won't be anymore pictures of the ocean; the highway goes inland now.

We crossed the Eel River many, many times...

Richardson Grove State Park...pretty narrow section of road through here...

There's the Eel River again...

We went through Willits...

About 15 miles past Willits, we turned east onto highway 20. We passed Lake Mendocino...it's very low...

Blue Lakes...

We took the southern route around Clear Lake and after stopping in Kelseyville for diesel, continued on through the vineyards and then reconnected with highway 20 east.

Looks like there has been a forest fire through here...

Before hitting the I-5, we turned south on SR16...a very picturesque route that winds through Cache Creek Canyon...

Once through the canyon, it really opened up and the road became rather bumpy.

We arrived at today's destination...Cache Creek Casino Resort just before 4:00. Our GPS took us to the wrong entrance as we pulled into a huge parking lot that was empty except the sections closer to the casino. We drove through one section and then noticed "No RV Parking" signs so swung around and parked back in a big empty section where there were no signs. We figured that was where the RV's were supposed to park. After getting leveled and set up, we were relaxing with a cocktail when we heard a voice...hello, casino security. Apparently, we were not allowed to park where we were...RV parking is in Lot B, way around the other side of the casino. We'd been there 2 hours and they finally come around to tell us this? Sheesh!

So we quickly packed up and were escorted by a fellow in a golf cart to the RV parking area. The casinos we have stopped at all have signs directing RVs to the parking area...except this one. Well, at least we didn't see any. Oh well, I guess it serves us right for not checking first. It was a bit more of a challenge getting the trailer level, but we managed and were soon set up...again!

We had dinner and then went for a long walk over to check out the casino. It is huge! And pretty high end. The weird thing is, though, we couldn't find a bar open where we could stop for a beer. So we ended up just walking all the way around the inside of the casino and back out through the hotel lobby...and back to the trailer.

Banff

About Us

We married in 1982 and our sons, Rob and Chris were born in 1983 and 1985. In 1990 we built our dream home in North Saanich just north of Victoria BC on 1.21 acres. We both had long careers, Dianne in Human Resources and Steve as Branch Manager for a controls systems wholesaler.
Steve always felt that there were no guarantees in life as far as health and mortality went, so we planned to retire early and RV full-time.
In late 2009 we began the build process on our custom Toy Hauler truck, taking delivery in early 2010. We moved into our new Montana 5th wheel in Feb 2010, living in it for 4 months while still working. In May 2010 we purchased 2 Yamaha Grizzly 550 ATVs. We're ready!
Just shy of our 55th birthdays, on June 25, 2010 we retired and started our life as gypsies.
We prefer dry camping (boondocking), getting as far away from civilization as possible. However, our size limits us from getting into all of those remote areas. Good thing we have the ATVs to explore with.